At this moment, inside Zhanmo Courtyard.
Wei Rong wore a black outer robe over his pure white sleeping garments, his long hair neither tied nor bound, casually flowing down his back.
Before him, Zi Shi and Shen Shi both had faces dotted with red spots, their cheeks twitching intermittently, looking somewhat comical.
Wei Rong only glanced at them before withdrawing his gaze, brushing off the remaining cat fur from his sleeve.
“Failed to catch them?”
Zi Shi and Shen Shi simultaneously cupped their hands in salute.
“You see through everything, Master.”
“Heh~”
“Quite proud of yourselves, are you?”
These few short words made Shen Shi burn with shame.
Shen Shi cupped his hands, attempting to explain, “The intruder not only possessed strange qinggong… hehehehe… but was also skilled in poison-making. These marks on us… are all hehehehe…”
The numbing powder contained laughter-inducing components, as if their laughter acupoints had been struck.
Shen Shi was nearly in tears. Damn that little thief!!! Once we catch him! We’ll pay him back a hundredfold!!!
Meanwhile, the little thief Yun Shu was madly petting a cat.
Yun Fu felt that her senior sister’s kissing, hugging, and stroking made her seem like a ball of dough, with her fur flying everywhere.
It turned out that senior sister’s dough-kneading technique wasn’t just applied to her – it felt equally natural when used on a cat.
“Meowrrrr~” Stop rubbing~ I’m going to break~
Hearing this soft, tender cry, Yun Shu’s heart melted completely, and she intensified her “abuse.””
“You little thing, how are you so adorable? Come with me~ I’ll take you to enjoy all the finest foods~”
Yun Fu raised her paw, pressing it against her senior sister’s mouth that was madly kissing her forehead in protest.
Unexpectedly, her paw received the same rough treatment.
“Meow!” Senior sister doesn’t have much time left!
“Meow meow meow~” Shen Shi and the others will be back soon! We must leave!
Indeed, the hiding place Yun Fu had brought her senior sister to was Shen Shi’s bedroom.
As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.
This perfectly avoided their search.
While Yun Fu was anxiously meowing nonstop, to Yun Shu it sounded like – What’s with all the meowing? Can’t understand, just want to madly kiss kiss kiss.
After enduring several solid kisses, Yun Fu completely lost all strength and means of resistance.
When Yun Shu watched the little cat break free from her embrace, dip its paw in the teacup water, and write characters on the table, her entire body stiffened.
The magical little cat was writing again!!!
On the table, the water-traced characters were perfectly clear.
[Leave this place quickly]
[Danger]
Yun Shu abandoned her playful mood, quickly considering solutions.
They really needed to leave as soon as possible.
Yun Fu continued writing on the table.
[Clothes]
[Change them]
[Too conspicuous]
Yun Shu looked down at the fiery red dress she was wearing and fell silent.
Then spotting the black martial attire hanging on the clothing rack nearby, her eyes lit up.
Zi Shi was certain the intruder hadn’t left the Guogong Residence. After He Lao detoxified them, he quickly gathered his subordinates to search.
Arriving at a deserted courtyard, they searched high and low but found nothing.
Shen Shi thoroughly searched the servants’ living quarters from front to back, but discovered nothing.
Could this little thief possibly turn invisible???
Guided by the cat immortal, Yun Shu successfully left the Guogong Residence. Before departing, she wanted to take the little creature with her, but the little thing shook its head at her, indicating refusal.
Yun Shu’s heart nearly broke from the rejection.
“Little Immortal Mao Mao, I’ll come find you next time and bring you dried fish~”
Yun Fu nodded at her senior sister upon hearing this, then raised her paw and waved it at her.
Though ninety percent certain this cat was extraordinary, seeing it nod with human-like understanding and wave its paw just like a person still made her chuckle involuntarily.
Watching her senior sister disappear into the night, Yun Fu’s anxious heart finally settled. She turned and leaped down from the wall.
The moment all four paws touched the ground, a pair of dark brocade boots appeared before her.
Yun Fu’s body stiffened. Slowly looking up, she saw under the moonlight a face as elegant as a celestial being from the moon.
Yet the expression on this moon immortal’s face made Yun Fu’s heart tremble.
Wei Rong’s eyes turned cold inch by inch as he gazed at the obvious lipstick marks on her head, cheeks, chin, and even neck – like a husband discovering his wife’s infidelity.
Yun Fu thought she must be going mad – she actually felt somewhat guilty and hesitant, as if caught red-handed in an affair.
Wei Rong was furious, so furious he wanted to whip the corpse and tear to pieces whoever left these lipstick marks all over her!!!
Such intense emotion was something Wei Rong had never experienced in over twenty years.
Just moments ago, watching the cat crouched on the wall, he had been terrified that the next moment it would jump down and follow that enchantress away!
Anger and fear intertwined, burning so fiercely that Wei Rong’s eyes were turning red.
Meeting those cold eyes, Yun Fu’s tail drooped involuntarily behind her.
“Not planning to return yet?”
Are you thinking of leaving?
For some reason, Yun Fu found these words somewhat strange.
Before she could ponder further, the man had already turned away, lightly tossing back, “Fine, don’t come back with me then.”
Yun Fu: Meow???
Wei Rong struggled to suppress his rage – it’s just a cat, just a pet for passing time…
Just…
His footsteps went from hurried to gradually slowing.
Turning back, he saw the cat still in the same spot, face covered in lipstick marks, amber eyes full of confusion and helplessness, ears hesitantly flattened back.
That single glance shattered all his previous rationalizations.
He turned around, strode back, scooped the cat from the ground into his arms and held her tight, using his sleeve to repeatedly wipe away the lipstick left by that enchantress.
“You’re my cat – today and forever!”
“Those people outside only want to pet you, they won’t take responsibility. Only I truly care for you, only I can give you the best life…”
“A Fu, be good. Don’t be fooled by those wild people outside. They’ll only leave you exposed to the elements. Only my feelings for you are genuine…”
These words only deepened the confusion in Yun Fu’s mind.
What did he mean by not taking responsibility? When had she been deceived? And when had she ever wanted to leave?
Shen Shi, who had been anxiously searching for his missing heir, suddenly saw his master wearing thin sleepwear, hair disheveled, holding a fluffy kitten in his arms, striding like the wind.
Entering the courtyard, Wei Rong coldly commanded.
“Attendants – prepare bath water!”
Exchanging glances, both Shen Shi and Zi Shi saw shock in each other’s eyes.
Was the heir… angry?
Before Shen Shi could ponder further, an icy voice came from inside the room.
“Your martial arts skills have become far too lax—you couldn’t even capture one grown man! What use do I have for you?! Go to the training hall and receive fifty lashes…”
The two men hastily bowed and acknowledged the order.
Yun Fu was about to raise her paw to soothe the man teetering on the edge of fury.
But as she lifted her paw, she noticed the distinct lipstick mark on it.
When Wei Rong placed Yun Fu into the bathtub, she saw her reflection in the water—her face was covered in lipstick marks.
Yun Fu: …
She looked up at the man rolling up his sleeves and let out a meow.
“Meow~” Let me explain~